Ageing Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/ageing/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:22:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Ageing Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/ageing/ 32 32 ANTHROPOLOGY FOR AN AGEING PLANET https://allegralaboratory.net/anthropology-for-an-ageing-planet/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anthropology-for-an-ageing-planet/#respond Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:00:37 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22543 When I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anthropology-for-an-ageing-planet/feed/ 0 Ageing and technology: Whose concerns? https://allegralaboratory.net/ageing-and-technology-whose-concerns/ https://allegralaboratory.net/ageing-and-technology-whose-concerns/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2016 08:00:10 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22533 I take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/ageing-and-technology-whose-concerns/feed/ 4 Ageing and Care in a ‘Man’s World’ https://allegralaboratory.net/ageing-and-care-in-a-mans-world/ https://allegralaboratory.net/ageing-and-care-in-a-mans-world/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:00:11 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22531 I am thrown into an image: Two figures climbing steep stone stairs, so tall that I cannot see what lies […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/ageing-and-care-in-a-mans-world/feed/ 1 Eldercare in South Africa: Dreaming of a White Paper Christmas https://allegralaboratory.net/eldercare-in-south-africa-dreaming-of-a-white-paper-christmas-ageing/ https://allegralaboratory.net/eldercare-in-south-africa-dreaming-of-a-white-paper-christmas-ageing/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:00:06 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22529 About a year ago around Christmas, South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi and ANC colleagues released the anticipated White […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/eldercare-in-south-africa-dreaming-of-a-white-paper-christmas-ageing/feed/ 0 (Mis)Fortune of ageing https://allegralaboratory.net/misfortune-of-ageing/ https://allegralaboratory.net/misfortune-of-ageing/#respond Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:00:57 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22527 It’s really bad with him. There are metastases in his head. He can stay at home tonight, and tomorrow night […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/misfortune-of-ageing/feed/ 0 Time-ing Out of Old Age with Marc Augé https://allegralaboratory.net/time-ing-out-of-old-age-with-marc-auge-ageing/ https://allegralaboratory.net/time-ing-out-of-old-age-with-marc-auge-ageing/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2016 08:00:56 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22541 I have carried Marc Augé’s book Everyone Dies Young (New York: Columbia University Press 2016), with me everywhere these past […]

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